Whole-home repiping in the Portland metro

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If your home was built before about 1960, there's a good chance it still has galvanized steel supply lines. Galvanized pipe corrodes from the inside out, so it narrows over decades, drops your water pressure, and eventually pinholes and leaks. In Portland's inner neighborhoods, from Alameda to Eastmoreland, repiping is one of the most common larger jobs we get asked about.

Signs you're due for a repipe

• Rusty or discolored water, especially the first draw in the morning
• Low or uneven water pressure, worse at the far ends of the house
• Pinhole leaks that keep appearing in different spots
• An older home that's been patched repeatedly instead of fixed once

What a repipe involves

A whole-home repipe replaces the old supply lines with new copper or PEX, usually run through the walls and attic or crawlspace to avoid tearing up finished rooms. Most homes are done in two to four days, with water back on each evening. It's disruptive but it's a one-time job, and it ends the cycle of patching a pipe that keeps failing somewhere new.

What it costs

Repiping is priced by the size of the house and how accessible the runs are, so a single-story ranch in Gresham sits at a different number than a three-story Portland four-square. The pro who calls you back will look at the layout and give you a real figure, not a range.